The Manager of a Team Responsible for Developing Marketing Materials

Multiple Choice

The manager of a team responsible for developing marketing materials recognized that the work of his team had to improve in quality. While he wanted his team to be cohesive, he did not want it to be overly cohesive. Which of the following statements best explains why the manager worried that his team would become too cohesive?

A) The manager did not want the team members to become friends.
B) The manager did not want group cohesiveness to diminish attention from organizational objectives.
C) The manager did not want cohesiveness to prevent deviance.
D) The manager did not want his team to over-achieve as a result of cohesiveness.